Wheat & Weeds (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Hmm. While the blogosphere has been saying that PM Maliki's "endorsement" of Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawal was mistranslated, Krauthammer says that's exactly what it was . Whether warranted or not, Maliki's very confidence allows him to set out a rapid timetable for U.S. withdrawal, albeit conditioned on continuing improvement in the security situation -- a caveat Obama generally omits. But...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
WASHINGTON -- In a stunning upset, Barack Obama this week won the Iraq primary. When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not once but several times expressed support for a U.S. troop withdrawal on a timetable that accorded roughly with Obama's 16-month proposal, he not only legitimized the plan. He relieved Obama of a major political liability by blunting the charge that, in order to appease the MoveOn...
The Anonymous Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
During election season, Charles Krauthammer devotes most of his precious Washington Post column space to vicious partisan diatribes meant to demonize Democratic candidates. Occasionally, however, he goes off script and says something that isn't in the official GOP talking points (usually for good reason). Yesterday was such a day. In his Friday column , Krauthammer endeavored to explain why Iraqi Prime...
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Charles Krauthammer claims that Iraq Prime Minister Maliki endorsed Barack Obama’s 16-month Iraq withdrawal plan, but it’s not true. Even Krauthammer seems to argue against his own point: “Maliki’s very confidence allows him to set out a rapid timetable for...
